Pancakes for Breakfast Paperback – April 3, 1978

Fun story to tell in your own words. Listen to how your kids tell the story in their own words. Good for learning sequencing of a story and understanding some humor and emotions. We love Tomie DePaola books!

My 2-year old daughter loves this book. We didn't even know how much until last night when she made my wife and me sit on the floor for "circle time" and then pulled out "Pancakes for Breakfast" and proceeded to tell us the entire story (even saying "by Tomie DePaola"). Her favorite part is when the woman, who we named "Martha", returns home to find her work ruined by the dog and cat. At that point, we put our hands on our cheeks and shout "OH NOOOOOOOO!!!"; however, she is engaged throughout the entire story.The book is indeed wordless, so you can determine how you tell the story where "Martha" wakes up and has a craving for pancakes, has to gather, prepare, and cook the ingredients, finds her work ruined by her pets, and then walks to her neighbors to finally achieve her goal of pancakes for breakfast. There are enough details in the illustrations to dive into the story. For example, there is a clock on the wall, so you can show how long it takes "Martha" to churn the butter. You can pick up on something on every page.Charming book that can help teach many things. We love it.

Bought this book for my first son and this one for a grandchild. The illustations tell the story perfectly, and the fact that ithere is no text lets your little one tell the story.

This book has only delighful pictures and you or your child can make up whatever story you like. It teaches reading readiness before your child is old enough to begin readin and teaches children to love books before they even know what a book is for. Great for one year olds or even younger. My kids and gkids all read it and others every night before bed and all were readers by age 2ish. None were Einstein either. We just read to them all the time.

Such a cute book, you can make it up as you go! No words, very cute! She doesn’t have the ingredients to make the pancakes!

This book has no words in it, but it is useful in teaching students to pay attention to the illustrations in a book as part of their reading. In second grade, using information from illustrations or pictures as well as the text is part of our standards (CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.7 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.). Since this book has no words, it forces the reader to "read" the pictures to understand the story. The other text I use for this is "Unspoken: A Story From the Underground Railroad" by Henry Cole.

great illustrations and a nice, appealing story. The stacks of pancakes are sure to stir up some pancake cravings in the stomachs of your kids.

We are huge Tomie dePaola fans here, but I was surprised by how much my five year old and my one and a half year old love this little book. There are no words, but Mr. dePaola's fabulous illustrations tell the story very well. My baby loves to look at this. I do wish there were a board book version so I would be able to leave her alone with it without worry that she'll tear the pages. My big girl loves to "write" the story herself. She can read, but this book gives her the opportunity to be the author in a way and it's fun hearing her tell her little sister the story.